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Bright Nights and Dark Days Linked to Increased Mortality Risk
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Bright Nights and Dark Days Linked to Increased Mortality Risk

A study of 89,000 individuals reveals that exposure to bright nights and dark days significantly increases mortality risk. High nighttime light exposure correlates with …

Nov 2, 2024 Mayur Tembhare
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Risky driving behaviors increase as common sleep disorder worsens
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Risky driving behaviors increase as common sleep disorder worsens

Up to half of older adults may have sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing and sleep are briefly interrupted many times a night. …

Apr 21, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Drug reduced frequency of breathing pauses in sleep apnea
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Drug reduced frequency of breathing pauses in sleep apnea

A new study has paved the way for the first drug treatment for sleep apnea. Compared to before receiving the treatment, breathing pauses decreased …

Apr 15, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Enhancing deep sleep
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Enhancing deep sleep

Researchers have developed a wearable device that plays specific sounds to enhance deep sleep. The first clinical study has now shown that the device …

Apr 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Study finds persistent racial and ethnic disparities in sleep duration
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Study finds persistent racial and ethnic disparities in sleep duration

Using data collected by the National Health Interview Survey from 2004 to 2018, researchers found that the proportion of people who reported sleeping fewer …

Apr 8, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Loss of neurons, not lack of sleep, makes Alzheimer’s patients drowsy
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Loss of neurons, not lack of sleep, makes Alzheimer’s patients drowsy

The lethargy that many Alzheimer's patients experience is caused not by a lack of sleep, but rather by the degeneration of a type of …

Apr 5, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat, study finds
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Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat, study finds

New research shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat …

Mar 29, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Decoding a material’s ‘memory’
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Decoding a material’s ‘memory’

New research details the relationship between particle structure and flow in disordered materials, insights that can be used to understand systems ranging from mudslides …

Mar 25, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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When it comes to sleep, it’s quality over quantity
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When it comes to sleep, it’s quality over quantity

Some people are gifted with genes that pack the benefits of slumber into an efficient time window, keeping them peppy on only four or …

Mar 16, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Close the blinds during sleep to protect your health
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Close the blinds during sleep to protect your health

Exposure to even moderate ambient lighting during nighttime sleep, compared to sleeping in a dimly lit room, harms your cardiovascular function during sleep and …

Mar 15, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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